Canto 9: LiberationChapter 22: The Descendants of Ajamīḍha

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.22.26

gāndhāryāḿ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya

jajñe putra-śataḿ nṛpa

tatra duryodhano jyeṣṭho

duḥśalā cāpi kanyakā

SYNONYMS

gāndhāryāmin the womb of Gāndhārī; dhṛtarāṣṭrasya — of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; jajñe — were born; putra-śatam — one hundred sons; nṛpaO King Parīkṣit; tatra — among the sons; duryodhanaḥ — the son named Duryodhana; jyeṣṭhaḥ — the eldest; duḥśalāDuḥśalā; ca api — also; kanyakā — one daughter.

TRANSLATION

Dhṛtarāṣṭra's wife, Gāndhārī, gave birth to one hundred sons and one daughter, O King. The oldest of the sons was Duryodhana, and the daughter's name was Duḥśalā.

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